Peter Quill (Earth-616)

Peter Quill, was born during an unusual astronomical phenomenon when many of the planets aligned. Quill was placed in an orphanage but escaped and eventually became a trainee NASA astronaut. An alien entity called the Master of the Sun eventually visited the space station that Quill inhabited. Quill was then chosen to become Star-Lord, with the Master of the Sun first creating an illusion in which he was able to find and kill the aliens that murdered his mother.